The Gospel Advances (JICC)

Monday: Exodus 6
Tuesday: Exodus 7, Matthew 13
Wednesday: Exodus 8
Thursday: Exodus 9, Matthew 14
Friday: Exodus 5, Matthew 15
Saturday: Psalm 12-16, Proverbs 3
Sunday: Judges 6-13

Key Passage: Acts 13:23-52
Acts 6:7
Acts 11:1
Acts 12:24
Acts 13:23-41
Psalm 2:7
Psalm 55:3
Psalm 16:10

The Five Tenets of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD)

1. A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth.
2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

Acts 13:16-22
God is the subject of nearly ALL of the verbs.
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers” (v.17)
“made the people great” (v.17)
“led them out” (v.17)
“put up with them in the wilderness” (v.18)
“destroyed seven nations” (v.19)
“gave them their land as an inheritance” (v.19)
“gave them judges” (v.20)
“God gave them Saul” (v.21)
“ removed him” (v.22)
“raised up David” (v.22)
“God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus” (v.23)

Then on the third at break of dawn
The Son of heaven rose again
O trampled death where is your sting
The angels roar for Christ the King

Diagnostic questions to ask of every gospel you speak or hear:

• Is God the main character—or am I?
• Is the resurrection of Jesus the climax of the story?
• Is salvation something God accomplished—or something I activated or earned?

The Word we proclaim is the story of what God has done through the risen Christ—and the resurrection changes everything.

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?